British bass‑baritone Edward Grint is widely acknowledged as a leading voice in Baroque repertoire. Hailed as ‘hugely impressive’ by the Independent, he is much‑in‑demand performer of Baroque music, collaborating with premier orchestras and ensembles including Collegium Vocale Gent, Les Arts Florissants, English Concert, Netherlands Bach Vereniging, Capella Mediterreanea, The King’s Consort, Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment, London Philharmonic Orchestra and BBC Symphony Orchestra. His performances have graced prestigious venues and festivals such as the Salzburger Festspiele, Paris Philharmonie, Het Concertgebouw, Wigmore Hall, Innsbruck Festival and Theatre an der Wien collaborating with today’s leading conductors of Baroque repertoire. A choral scholar of King’s College, Cambridge, he continued his studies at the Royal College of Music and went on to be awarded prestigious prizes at the Cesti Competition in Innsbruck and the London Handel Festival Competition.
Current and future engagements include SENECA L’incoronazione di Poppea on tour with Capella Mediterranea under Leonardo García Alarcón, ABNER in Handel’s Athalia at the Halle Händelfestspiele; performances of Royal Odes and the Jesus/Bass arias in Matthäus‑Passion Banquet Celeste; Mozart’s Mass in C minor with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Bach concerts with Netherlands Bach Vereniging under René Jacobs; RATCLIFFE in Billy Budd at the Enescu Festival in Bucharest; King Arthur with Early Opera Company led by Christian Curnyn; his debut with The English Concert under Harry Bickett at Wigmore Hall; tours with Les Arts Florissants featuring Gesualdo madrigals; Bach cantatas with Collegium Vocale Gent; and Handel’s Messiah at the London Handel Festival and with the Irish Baroque Ensemble. Notably, upcoming seasons will also see Edward making his solo debut at the Royal Opera House in a major Baroque role, marking a significant milestone in his operatic career.
Other highlights include multiple appearances with Les Arts Florissants on tour; Acis & Galatea and Acteon with Early Opera Company; Messiah tours with Pinchgut Opera, Irish Baroque Orchestra, Dunedin Consort and The Hanover Band; a Baroque recital programme for La Nuova Musica at Wigmore Hall; St John Passion with Les Musiciens du Louvre in Gdansk and Aix‑en‑Provence; and Jupiter in Castor et Pollux at Opéra de Tours with Early Opera Company.
Important past operatic roles include performances in Was frag ich nach der Welt, a staged Bach Cantata production at the Schwetzingen Winter Festival; POLYPHEMUS in Acis and Galatea at Opéra d’Avignon; ARCAS in Iphigénie en Aulide at Theater an der Wien; ADONIS in Venus and Adonis and AENEAS in Dido and Aeneas at the Innsbruck Festival; PETER in The Last Supper with BBC Symphony Orchestra; BROTHER in The House Taken Over in Aix-en-Provence; EDDY in Greek at Tongyeong Festival; FATHER AKITA in Neige at Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg; and TEOBALDO in Handel’s Faramondo at the Göttingen Händel Festival